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Mel Taub
NY Times, Sun, Nov 28, 1999 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS
16-Across : Like a brand-new book upon need
Author:
Mel Taub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 31
| 1 M | 2 I | 3 R | 4 A | 5 D | 6 O | 7 R | | 8 S | 9 H | 10 E | 11 A | 12 R | |
13 C | A | R | O | L | I | N | A | | 14 O | U | T | S | E | 15 T |
16 U | N | O | P | E | N | E | D | | 17 L | E | A | P | E | R |
18 S | A | N | E | S | T | | 19 I | 20 D | E | S | | 21 I | L | E |
22 S | T | A | R | | | 23 M | A | I | D | | 24 A | R | E | A |
25 E | E | G | | 26 R | 27 U | I | N | S | | 28 E | D | I | C | T |
29 R | E | E | 30 D | I | N | S | T | R | 31 U | M | E | N | T | S |
| | | 32 I | N | I | T | | 33 A | N | I | L | | | |
34 D | 35 I | 36 G | E | S | T | I | 37 V | E | T | R | A | 38 C | 39 T | 40 S |
41 E | M | O | T | E | | 42 M | I | L | O | S | | 43 R | I | O |
44 T | A | U | S | | 45 A | E | R | I | | | 46 P | E | R | U |
47 E | R | R | | 48 U | R | D | U | | 49 E | 50 D | E | M | A | S |
51 R | E | M | 52 I | S | S | | 53 S | 54 E | R | E | N | A | D | E |
55 S | T | E | R | E | O | | 56 E | M | A | N | A | T | E | D |
| 57 S | T | E | R | N | | 58 S | E | T | T | L | E | S | |
© 1999, The New York Times
Across
1
8
Remove, as a wool coat :
SHEAR13
14
Surpass in an egg-laying contest? :
OUTSET16
Like a brand-new book upon need :
UNOPENED17
18
19
It may be circled on the side of a calendar :
IDES21
22
23
___-for-TV movie ("Hazel"?) :
MAID24
Region on the edges of the Arabian Sea :
AREA25
Gee, a hospital record :
EEG26
Ancient urn is found here :
RUINS28
29
32
Infinitely centralized :
INIT33
34
41
Imitate ham actor Tom with ease :
EMOTE42
1,000 oils on Greek island :
MILOS43
Man leaving Marion here :
RIO44
Characters you sat with :
TAUS45
46
Where mountain air is pure :
PERU47
48
It's spoken in four duchies :
URDU49
Meade's one of the swells :
EDEMAS51
53
55
Reset nothing to play records on it :
STEREO56
57
Uncompromising virtuoso :
STERN58
Moves into a home on Steel St. :
SETTLES
Down
1
Creature that has eaten ma :
MANATEE2
3
Cowboy who's into hydroperoxide :
ROPER4
5
Entry in d' passbook :
DINT6
Amount won, so to speak :
ONE7
8
Note after fa was first :
SOLED9
Howard ___ (shades of a millionaire?) :
HUES10
11
12
Campaign buzzword for Erle, etc. :
REELECT13
Member of Swearword Users, see? :
CUSSER15
20
23
24
26
27
2,864 Austrian troops :
UNIT28
Leaders who call me "sir" :
EMIRS30
31
34
35
Lodgings for a mister in Turkey :
IMARETS36
37
38
Perform mere act of destruction :
CREMATE39
40
45
46
Write Pacino about a kind of code :
PENAL48
Sure he has a computer :
USER49
Smell ___ (suspect a Latin student?) :
ERAT50
A body shop will tend to it :
DENT52
Bring on more 'ands :
IRE54
Dutch uncle found in Yemen :
EME
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle.
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